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Smithsonian Magazine

Dec 01 2019
Magazine

Smithsonian Magazine takes you on a journey through history, science, world culture and technology with breathtaking images from around the world.

Smithsonian Magazine

FROM THE EDITORS

Block Party • New York-born word game rivets our attention a century later

Spellbound • PRESENTING THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE EVER PUBLISHED IN SMITHSONIAN. IT’LL BE OUR LAST—UNLESS READERS CLAMOR FOR MORE

BEFORE AUDUBON • An 18th-century album of India’s flora and fauna showcases the startling work of an overlooked master

When Two Wheels Are The Rage • Bicycles revolutionized personal transport—and led to surprising societal change. Will the electric scooter invasion do the same?

Hulking Airships Rise Again, Slowly • A WORLD IN A HURRY TURNS TO A LUMBERING EARLY 20TH-CENTURY TECHNOLOGY FOR A LESSON IN EFFICIENCY

IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN • Searching for the essence of the prickly, brilliant, deeply influential Frank Lloyd Wright

Royal Family Feud • A feathered cape worn by a Hawaiian chief two centuries ago tells a story of human conflict and ecological tragedy

On Hold • HOW A TELEPHONE MONOPOLY AND A FEAR OF WIRETAPPING HUNG UP THE ANSWERING MACHINE FOR DECADES

THE LOST CITY OF MYANMAR • THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF MRAUK U WELCOMED BUDDHISTS AND MUSLIMS. NOW EFFORTS TO UNCOVER ITS MYSTERIES ARE THREATENED BY ETHNIC HOSTILITIES

2019 SIMTHSONIAN AMERICAN ingenuity AWARDS • OUR 8TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS SHAPING THE WORLD

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THE LAW • HER SURPRISING DRAMA ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION ENCOURAGES A WIDER VIEW OF AMERICAN JUSTICE

REALITY GETS AN UPGRADE • AN ACE INVENTOR AIMS TO WEAVE HOLOGRAMS INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

THE BUCKAROO’S NEW BEAT • A SELF-TAUGHT 20-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN GALLOPS TO GLOBAL FAME WITH A SONG THAT DEFIES CATEGORIES

A GLIMPSE OF IMPOSSIBLE • NEVER BEFORE HAD SCIENTISTS SEEN THE PHENOMENON UNTIL THEY RALLIED COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD TO VIEW A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY

THE LUMINOUS TRUTH • THE ARTIST WHO FAMOUSLY PAINTED A FIRST LADY CREATES REVELATORY PORTRAITS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE

FINDING A WAY WITH DNA • MEDICAL RESEARCHERS DEVELOP A GENE THERAPY THAT IS SAVING YOUNG PEOPLE AFFLICTED BY A RARE BUT DEADLY DISEASE

A GENEROUS HELPING OF HUMANITY • BRAVING STORMS, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES, THE RENOWNED CHEF IS FORGING A NEW WAY TO FEED THE NEEDY

Blessed Is the Hermit • AN ITALIAN MONK WHO LIVED IN A NEW MEXICO CAVE INSPIRES A SINGULAR ACT OF FAITH

ask smithsonian • YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE’VE GOT EXPERTS


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 96 Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Edition: Dec 01 2019

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Smithsonian Magazine takes you on a journey through history, science, world culture and technology with breathtaking images from around the world.

Smithsonian Magazine

FROM THE EDITORS

Block Party • New York-born word game rivets our attention a century later

Spellbound • PRESENTING THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE EVER PUBLISHED IN SMITHSONIAN. IT’LL BE OUR LAST—UNLESS READERS CLAMOR FOR MORE

BEFORE AUDUBON • An 18th-century album of India’s flora and fauna showcases the startling work of an overlooked master

When Two Wheels Are The Rage • Bicycles revolutionized personal transport—and led to surprising societal change. Will the electric scooter invasion do the same?

Hulking Airships Rise Again, Slowly • A WORLD IN A HURRY TURNS TO A LUMBERING EARLY 20TH-CENTURY TECHNOLOGY FOR A LESSON IN EFFICIENCY

IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN • Searching for the essence of the prickly, brilliant, deeply influential Frank Lloyd Wright

Royal Family Feud • A feathered cape worn by a Hawaiian chief two centuries ago tells a story of human conflict and ecological tragedy

On Hold • HOW A TELEPHONE MONOPOLY AND A FEAR OF WIRETAPPING HUNG UP THE ANSWERING MACHINE FOR DECADES

THE LOST CITY OF MYANMAR • THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF MRAUK U WELCOMED BUDDHISTS AND MUSLIMS. NOW EFFORTS TO UNCOVER ITS MYSTERIES ARE THREATENED BY ETHNIC HOSTILITIES

2019 SIMTHSONIAN AMERICAN ingenuity AWARDS • OUR 8TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS SHAPING THE WORLD

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THE LAW • HER SURPRISING DRAMA ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION ENCOURAGES A WIDER VIEW OF AMERICAN JUSTICE

REALITY GETS AN UPGRADE • AN ACE INVENTOR AIMS TO WEAVE HOLOGRAMS INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

THE BUCKAROO’S NEW BEAT • A SELF-TAUGHT 20-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN GALLOPS TO GLOBAL FAME WITH A SONG THAT DEFIES CATEGORIES

A GLIMPSE OF IMPOSSIBLE • NEVER BEFORE HAD SCIENTISTS SEEN THE PHENOMENON UNTIL THEY RALLIED COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD TO VIEW A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY

THE LUMINOUS TRUTH • THE ARTIST WHO FAMOUSLY PAINTED A FIRST LADY CREATES REVELATORY PORTRAITS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE

FINDING A WAY WITH DNA • MEDICAL RESEARCHERS DEVELOP A GENE THERAPY THAT IS SAVING YOUNG PEOPLE AFFLICTED BY A RARE BUT DEADLY DISEASE

A GENEROUS HELPING OF HUMANITY • BRAVING STORMS, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES, THE RENOWNED CHEF IS FORGING A NEW WAY TO FEED THE NEEDY

Blessed Is the Hermit • AN ITALIAN MONK WHO LIVED IN A NEW MEXICO CAVE INSPIRES A SINGULAR ACT OF FAITH

ask smithsonian • YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE’VE GOT EXPERTS


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